Labor
Postal unions sign cooperation pact, prepare for joint April 24 actions
March 28, 2014The target will be schemes to cut postal services, end Saturday pickup and delivery, and fire or let go by attrition hundreds of thousands of workers.
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College athletes can unionize, NLRB says
March 27, 2014A federal agency said Wednesday that football players at Northwestern University can create the nation's first union of college athletes.
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Outpouring in Missouri Capital demands end to attacks on labor
March 27, 2014"Today we are united, side by side; we have to stick together, because if we lose, everyone who works for a living will pay the price."
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FedEx loses another driver misclassification case, in Maine
March 27, 2014A federal judge in Portland approved a settlement saying FedEx Ground misclassified 141 drivers. The drivers will net $3.9 million in back pay and damages.
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Bangladeshi workers seek support from U.S. students
March 27, 2014"I saw many of my co-workers, trapped like a sandwich, one upon the other. It's true that I survived, but I saw many of my co-workers die."
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